China 2009

Ni hao.

I love China... I really do. On Tuesday 1 September 2009, I checked in at the beautiful and cosy YuNing Hotel, Shenyang, China. Shenyang is one of China's manufacturing strongholds. I was in China to present an engineering paper on global manufacturing systems at the 7th International Conference on e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology hosted by the Northeastern University (NEU) in Shenyang... and I had prepared my mind to enjoy every bit of China.

The conference was successful thanks to my mentor who encouraged me to attend the conference.

I made great friends at NEU where I spent nearly my entire one week in China. The campus is beautiful...



...and the grad students at NEU are exceptionally down-to-earth and lovely. They have great sense of homour. We had good laughs at all times.



I had so much fun... and tried everything Chinese: I learned to speak a few Chinese words and sentences; I enjoyed Chinese foods... Right now "wo xiang chi mi fan."



...and I used the chopsticks a few times too. Hei hei.

...Oh yeah, I would never forget my Chinese tea tasting with Jay on my right. Ganbei!

Although I am in regular correspondence with my great friends in China, I must sincerely admit that I miss them a whole lot. Saying "zai jian" (goodbye) on Monday 7 September 2009 was very teary. I wished it had rather been a "mingtian jian" (see you tomorow).